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Monday, January 07, 2008

Kalyn's Kitchen Picks: Kirkland Herbed Seafood Rub

(Edit: Sadly, it appears this product is not longer being made by Costco. If anyone does see it again, please let us know.) If you're one of the people who's just getting started on the South Beach Diet and is new to this blog, you don't know how I'm completely nuts over Costco food products. I haven't checked, but I'd guess that a huge percentage of the ingredients I've raved about for Kalyn's Kitchen Picks are from there. No, Costco has never paid me to advertise their products (don't I wish they would hire me to be the official Costco blogger!) I just keep finding tasty food products at Costco, and Costco is such a progressive company that I'm also proud to shop there!

This blend of herbs and spices to rub on fish is the latest Costco product that really made me smile. I've long been a fan of Pride of Szeged Fish Rub, but I've had a hard time finding it locally, although you can order Pride of Szeged Fish Rub online. The flavor of these two fish rubs is pretty similar, but the Costco version is really a bargain.

Before I give you more ideas for how I've used this product and South Beach Diet friendly fish recipes, just a short message about Weekend Herb Blogging from last week. Over the weekend Blogger.com mistakenly identified Kalyn's Kitchen as a possible spam blog (due to how my recipes are archived with a page of links.) I couldn't get into my dashboard at all on Sunday, the day I normally write the recap, but now that they've seen I'm a real person all is well, and it will be coming in the next day or so.

I've tried the fish rub on salmon and tilapia so far. Here is how it looked rubbed on some salmon filets, which I just roasted in my counter-top toaster oven. I rubbed the top of the fish with a bit of olive oil, then sprinkled on some fish rub and spread it around with my fingers. What could be easier?

(Edit - Thanks to Amber who reminded me that the original tin this comes in is very hard to open. After I'd used this once or twice I transferred it to a glass jar with a wide mouth, big enough to reach my hand in and get some to sprinkle it on the fish.)

South Beach Suggestions:

Fish is a great thing to eat for any phase of the South Beach Diet. Be sure to avoid battered fish where white flour is used as a coating. I've had good luck using almond meal as a coating for fried fish.

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Sher, luckily I had read about this happening on Food Blog School or I might have totally freaked out. I was surprisingly not mad, because I hate those spammers and I'm glad Blogger is fighting against them.

Peter, I buy most of my meat and fish at Costco too. Lucky you with the local sheeps milk feta.

Lydia, that could be good for the budget if Costco was an hour away. I have one about 10 minutes from my house, and another one about 5 minutes from my school!

A trip to Pensy's is in my future as I've gone through my Aleppo pepper. Now I've got to find a Costco, Kalyn I'll have no time to cook because I'll be adventuring all over hunting your spices. Think fish is on our menu tonight.

Amber, thanks for the reminder. I'm famous for putting everything into glass jars, so shortly after I bought it I put mine in a glass jar, but I remember how hard it was to open the lid without it flying all over the place!

Kalyn,Now that Costco doesn't carry the Kirkland Herbed Seafood Rub anymore, what are you using instead. i, too, loved it on salmon and am devastated that they no longer sell it. I used to mix it with the Parmesan & herb Encrusted Blend. HELP?

Laurie, if you have Trader Joe's, they have a good fish rub. I mostly use Szeged Fish Rub now (although I still have some of the Costco brand left.) Google and you can probably find a place to buy the Szeged brand online.

Am always pleased to hear how people just love this Company (Costco) that I've worked for over the past 18 years. I will do my best to locate the source of this fabulous rub, and report back to all you Costco fans.

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